FLEXIBLE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CORONA IGNITION POWER SUPPLY
    61.
    发明申请
    FLEXIBLE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CORONA IGNITION POWER SUPPLY 审中-公开
    CORONA点火电源灵活控制系统

    公开(公告)号:US20150171600A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-18

    申请号:US14568219

    申请日:2014-12-12

    Abstract: A corona ignition system including a corona igniter, switches, and a programmable controller capable of rapidly adjusting to changes in resonant frequency is provided. Energy at a drive frequency and an output current is provided to the corona igniter. Switches provide energy to the corona igniter at the drive frequency and are activated at different times. The controller obtains the output current provided to the corona igniter, typically once every half cycle, and activates the first switch a predetermined amount of time after a first zero crossing of the output current, wherein the first zero crossing is a zero crossing of the most recent full cycle of the output current. The second switch is activated a predetermined amount of time after a second zero crossing occurring after the first zero crossing. The delay of the system is accounted for by the controller, rather than other components.

    Abstract translation: 提供一种电晕点火系统,其包括电晕点火器,开关和能够快速调节谐振频率变化的可编程控制器。 向电晕点火器提供驱动频率和输出电流的能量。 开关在驱动频率下为电晕点火器提供能量,并在不同时间激活。 控制器获得提供给电晕点火器的输出电流,通常每半个周期一次,并且在输出电流的第一过零点之后激活第一开关预定量的时间,其中第一过零点是最多的零交叉 最近全周期的输出电流。 在第一零交叉之后发生第二零交叉之后,第二开关被激活预定量的时间。 系统的延迟由控制器来代替,而不是其他组件。

    Spark plug with laser keyhole weld attaching ground electrode to shell
    62.
    发明授权
    Spark plug with laser keyhole weld attaching ground electrode to shell 有权
    火花塞带激光锁眼焊接,将接地电极连接到外壳

    公开(公告)号:US09048635B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-02

    申请号:US14204281

    申请日:2014-03-11

    CPC classification number: H01T13/32 H01T21/02

    Abstract: A spark plug has a metal shell, an insulator, a center electrode, and a ground electrode. One or more firing tips can be attached to the center electrode, to the ground electrode, or to both electrodes. The metal shell and ground electrode are attached together by way of one or more laser keyhole welds at an interface of the shell and electrode. Before the laser keyhole welds, resistance welding can be executed for a temporary attachment.

    Abstract translation: 火花塞具有金属壳,绝缘体,中心电极和接地电极。 一个或多个发射尖端可以附着到中心电极,接地电极或两个电极。 金属外壳和接地电极通过一个或多个激光键孔焊接在外壳和电极的界面处连接在一起。 在激光键孔焊接之前,可以执行电阻焊接以进行临时附着。

    Spark plug having firing pad
    63.
    发明授权
    Spark plug having firing pad 有权
    火花塞具有击球垫

    公开(公告)号:US09041274B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-26

    申请号:US14166145

    申请日:2014-01-28

    CPC classification number: H01T13/32 H01T13/16 H01T13/39 H01T21/02

    Abstract: A spark plug has a shell, an insulator, a center electrode, a ground electrode, and a firing pad. The firing pad is made of a precious metal material and is attached to the ground electrode. The firing pad has a side surface at a peripheral edge that can be flush or nearly flush with a free end surface of the ground electrode. This construction can help improve ignitability and flame kernel growth of the spark plug during a sparking event, and can provide better thermal management at the attached ground electrode and firing pad.

    Abstract translation: 火花塞具有外壳,绝缘体,中心电极,接地电极和击发垫。 击发垫由贵金属材料制成,并附着在接地电极上。 触发垫具有在外围边缘处的侧表面,其可以与接地电极的自由端表面齐平或几乎齐平。 这种结构可以有助于在火花事件期间改善火花塞的可燃性和火焰核生长,并且可以在附着的接地电极和击发垫处提供更好的热管理。

    METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SPARK PLUG ELECTRODE MATERIAL
    64.
    发明申请
    METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SPARK PLUG ELECTRODE MATERIAL 有权
    制造火花插头电极材料的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140265812A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US14193914

    申请日:2014-02-28

    Inventor: Shuwei Ma

    CPC classification number: H01T21/02 H01T13/20 H01T13/39

    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode material for use in spark plugs and other ignition devices. The electrode material may be manufactured into a desirable form by hot-forming a layered structure that includes a ruthenium-based material core, an iridium-based interlayer disposed over an exterior surface of the ruthenium-based material core, and a nickel-based cladding disposed over an exterior surface of the iridium-based material interlayer. The elongated layered wire produced by the hot-forming then has its nickel-based cladding removed to derive an elongated electrode material wire that includes the ruthenium-based material core encased in the iridium-based material. The elongated electrode material wire can be used to make many different spark plug/ignition device components.

    Abstract translation: 一种制造用于火花塞和其他点火装置的电极材料的方法。 可以通过热成型包括钌基材料芯,设置在钌基材料芯的外表面上的铱系夹层和镍基包覆层的层状结构,将电极材料制造成期望的形式 设置在铱基材料中间层的外表面上。 通过热成型生产的细长的层状线然后除去其镍基包层以得到细长的电极材料线,其包括包含在铱基材料中的钌基材料芯。 细长电极材料线可用于制造许多不同的火花塞/点火装置部件。

    METHOD OF CAPACITIVE DISCHARGE WELDING FIRING TIP TO SPARK PLUG ELECTRODE
    65.
    发明申请
    METHOD OF CAPACITIVE DISCHARGE WELDING FIRING TIP TO SPARK PLUG ELECTRODE 有权
    电火花放电焊接方法火箭喷射电极

    公开(公告)号:US20140239796A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-28

    申请号:US14180745

    申请日:2014-02-14

    CPC classification number: H01T21/02 H01T13/20 H01T13/39

    Abstract: A capacitive discharge welding method is used to join firing tips, such as those made from various precious metals, to spark plug electrodes. In one embodiment, charged capacitors or other energy storage devices coupled to welding electrodes quickly release stored energy so that a peak weld power and maximum interface temperature is quickly established, followed by a rapid decline in weld power and interface temperature. The resulting capacitive discharge weld joint may include solidified molten material from both the firing tip and the electrode and possess a number of other desirable qualities.

    Abstract translation: 使用电容放电焊接方法将诸如由各种贵金属制成的烧制尖端连接到火花塞电极。 在一个实施例中,耦合到焊接电极的充电电容器或其他能量存储装置快速释放储存的能量,使得快速建立峰值焊接功率和最大界面温度,随后是焊接功率和界面温度的快速下降。 所得到的电容放电焊接接头可以包括来自烧制尖端和电极的固化的熔融材料,并且具有许多其它期望的质量。

    EXTRUDED INSULATOR FOR SPARK PLUG AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    66.
    发明申请
    EXTRUDED INSULATOR FOR SPARK PLUG AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME 有权
    用于火花塞的挤压绝缘子及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140138122A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-22

    申请号:US14076840

    申请日:2013-11-11

    CPC classification number: H01T13/34 H01T13/38 H01T21/02

    Abstract: A method for making an extruded insulator for a spark plug in a manner that minimizes pores, relics and/or other defects in the insulator microstructure so that the overall dielectric strength or performance of the insulator is improved. The method may be used to manufacture an extruded insulator that avoids many of the drawbacks associated with such defects, but also has a stepped internal bore for receiving a center electrode. In one embodiment, the method uses a multi-phase extrusion process to extrude a ceramic paste around an elongated arbor and form an extruded section, and then removes the arbor from the extruded section to reveal a stepped internal bore.

    Abstract translation: 一种用于制造用于火花塞的挤出绝缘体的方法,其方法是使绝缘体微观结构中的孔隙,遗迹和/或其他缺陷最小化,从而提高绝缘体的整体介电强度或性能。 该方法可用于制造避免与这种缺陷相关的许多缺点的挤压绝缘体,而且还具有用于接收中心电极的阶梯式内孔。 在一个实施方案中,该方法使用多相挤出方法将陶瓷浆料挤压在细长的心轴周围并形成挤出的部分,然后从挤出的部分移除心轴以露出阶梯式的内孔。

    SPARK PLUG HAVING FIRING PAD
    67.
    发明申请
    SPARK PLUG HAVING FIRING PAD 有权
    SPARK插头有防火垫

    公开(公告)号:US20140111078A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-24

    申请号:US14056536

    申请日:2013-10-17

    CPC classification number: H01T13/20 B23K26/361 B23K26/362 H01T13/39

    Abstract: A spark plug has a firing pad attached to a center electrode or a ground electrode by way of a fused portion. In one or more embodiments, the firing pad is composed of a precious metal material. The fused portion can be formed in such a way that a material composition thereof at a sparking surface of the firing pad has a greater percentage of the precious metal material than a material of the underlying electrode to which the firing pad is attached.

    Abstract translation: 火花塞具有通过熔融部分附接到中心电极或接地电极的发射焊盘。 在一个或多个实施例中,击发垫由贵金属材料构成。 熔融部分可以以这样的方式形成,使得其在焙烧垫的火花表面处的材料组成比具有烧结垫的底部电极的材料具有更大百分比的贵金属材料。

    METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SPARK PLUG ELECTRODE MATERIAL INTO A DESIRED FORM
    68.
    发明申请
    METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SPARK PLUG ELECTRODE MATERIAL INTO A DESIRED FORM 有权
    将火花插头电极材料制成所需形式的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130344765A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-26

    申请号:US13922632

    申请日:2013-06-20

    Inventor: Shuwei Ma

    CPC classification number: H01T21/02 H01T13/39 Y10T428/12229

    Abstract: A method of making an electrode material for use in spark plugs and other ignition devices including industrial plugs, aviation igniters, glow plugs, or any other device that is used to ignite an air/fuel mixture in an engine. The electrode material is a ruthenium-based material that includes ruthenium as the single largest constituent. The disclosed method includes hot-forming a layered structure that includes a ruthenium-based material core, an interlayer having a refractory metal disposed over the ruthenium-based material core, and a nickel-based cladding disposed over the interlayer.

    Abstract translation: 制造用于火花塞和其它点火装置的电极材料的方法,包括工业塞子,航空点火器,电热塞或用于点燃发动机中的空气/燃料混合物的任何其它装置。 电极材料是包含钌作为单一最大成分的钌基材料。 所公开的方法包括热成型层状结构,其包括钌基材料芯,设置在钌基材料芯上方的具有难熔金属的中间层,以及设置在中间层上的镍基包覆层。

    Spark ignition device for an internal combustion engine and central electrode assembly therefore

    公开(公告)号:US10027092B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-17

    申请号:US14223216

    申请日:2014-03-24

    CPC classification number: H01T13/20 H01T13/18

    Abstract: A spark ignition device includes a ceramic insulator with a metal shell surrounding at least a portion of the ceramic insulator. A ground electrode is attached to the shell. The ground electrode has a ground electrode sparking tip spaced from a central sparking tip by a spark gap. A first terminal is arranged in electrical communication with the central sparking tip and is configured for electrical connection with a power source. The device further includes a second terminal configured for electrical connection with the power source. The second terminal is spaced from the first terminal, with the second terminal being arranged in electrical communication with the first terminal. A heater element brings the first terminal in electrical communication with the second terminal and completes an electrical circuit. The heater element has a resistance greater than the first and second terminals thereby producing a significant source of heat.

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